Skip to main content

Fallowfield Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-F320

Scope and Contents

Records of Fallowfield Preparative Meeting (Hicksite), 1797-1936, as follows: Minutes of the men's meeting and joint sessions, 1848-1936; women's meeting minutes, 1797-1806 and 1823-1893; membership lists, ca. 1805, [190-?], 1910; treasurer's accounts, 1895-1907. Records of Fallowfield Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) include: men’s meeting minutes, 1827-1891; women’s meeting minutes, 1847-1883; membership, 1858-1884; account books, 1890-1895.

Dates

  • 1797-1936

Creator

Language of Materials

Records entriely in English

Limitations on Accessing the Collection

Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.

Copyright and Rights Information

Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Biographical / Historical

An indulged meeting for worship was established by New Garden Monthly Meeting in 1792. Care of this meeting was transferred to London Grove in 1795. A meeting for worship at Fallowfield was established by Western Quarterly Meeting in 1795, and the preparative meeting in 1796. In 1796, the preparative meeting and meeting for worship were transferred to Fallowfield Monthly Meeting. Two meetings emerged at the time of the Separation of 1827.

Fallowfield Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was transferred to London Grove Monthly Meeting in 1838 and was discontinued in 1891.

Fallowfield Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was absorbed by Fallowfield Monthly Meeting in 1936.

Extent

1.25 Linear Feet

Physical Location

This collection includes records stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposit

Title
Fallowfield Preparative Meeting Records
Date
2011
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Find It at the Library

Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting reproductions from Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library